[This is from what I saw and the notes I took. Please excuse
spelling, grammatical, and typing errors as I haven't been
getting much sleep. Times listed indicates time _left_ in the
quarter, half, game and/or overtime. I am assuming that you know
who plays for which team and I sometime abbreviate teams' names
to two or three letters. I'm going to use present tense even
though the games are over because I think present tense shows
more of the emotion and I don't have to convert my notes. If you
see me consistently misspell someone's name - as I did with
Wilkins and Hensen (thanks Mike) - let me know so I can get it
right in future tabs. And your welcome to those who sent thanks.
Those notes makes doing the tabs worth my while. Comments,
questions, suggestions, and praise welcomed.]
Boston Celtics vs Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte.
Reggie Lewis is out for the playoff due to a possible cardiac
abnormality.
1st Quarter:
Parish starts with a jumper. Mourning has a nice move to the
basket for 2. Gamble drives and gets 2. Ooh - L Johnson fakes
and takes it to the hole strong. Gamble drives, is blocked by
Mourning, and Gamble shoots the 3. Abdelnaby gets a semi-hook.
9-4 Bos 9:02. Abdelnaby gets the tip in off a Parish miss.
Mourning hits the turn around jumper. Mourning with a nice move
in the paint and the lucky bounce. Gill steals, Brown steals,
Bos misses an alley-oop. Mourning slams. 11-10 Bos 6:59.
Bogues hits the open jumper. Parish passes to an open Douglas
for 2. Bad rotation by Cha gives Abdelnaby 2. L Johnson gets
his 2nd foul. McHale hits the turn around jumper. 17-12 Bos
4:02. Mourning rolls it around the rim and in. Gamble gets his
second 3. Gill hits a jumper. Two Cha misses on a break and
they pass it to Gill for a 3. Another Cha break has Bogues
shooting. Brown flies and is called for goaltending. (Can Dee
Brown fly or what!) 20-21 Cha 2:11. Gamble hits 2 more. And
Curry answers with the long jumper. Brown dribbles pass everyone
and is fouled. 2 of 2. Brown gets 2 more off a jumper. A nice
feed to Gill for the slam. Gill and Douglas in a tassle. Foul
on Gill. Douglas 2 of 2 at the line. Gattison with the short
jumper in front of the basket. A couple of possessions later the
quarter ends. 28-27 Bos.
2nd Quarter:
Brown rejects S Green. The teams trade points and misses. Gill
gets an offensive rebound and 2. McDaniel hits for 2. Curry
hits for 2. Curry knocks the ball out of McHale's hands. Cha
misses, Bos misses. Bennett drives and scores. 32-35 Cha 9:16.
A lucky pass to McHale and he scores under the basket. The teams
trade misses. Curry hits one with his feet on the 3 point line
(2 points). Teams trade turnovers. 37-34 Cha 7:28. A nice pass
from Curry to Gattison who gets 2. Bos is cold. Curry cans the
3. The crowd goes wild. Curry gets the errant Bos pass. 34-42
Cha 6:05. A repeat play of the screen and roll to Gattison who
is fouled. 1 of 2. Cha rebounds the miss free throw. Curry
hits another 3. Bogues steals the ball and Gattison jams it
home. Another Bos turnover, but Cha doesn't score. Abdelnaby
misses the jumper. Curry drains it for 2. 34-50 Cha 4:16.
Douglas gets the put back. The teams trade possessions on sloppy
bball. A nice pass to L Johnson who lays it in behind his head.
Parish hits the jumper and blocks a shot at the other end. A Bos
turnover and a 4 on 1 break ends with L Johnson with 2. Brown
nails the jumper. Mourning misses, Bos misses. 57-42 Cha 34
sec. Brown misses, McHale shots the put back, misses but is
fouled. 2 of 2. At the half it is 44-59 Cha.
3rd Quarter:
The teams start by trading misses. Cha is running and Bogues
passes to L Johnson who is fouled. 2 of 2. Parish looses it and
Bogues breaks and lays it in. Another Bos turnover has Cha
breaking again and Newman gets the 2 and the foul. 66-44 Cha
9:59. He misses the freebie. The effort by L Johnson and
Mourning ends with the finger roll by Mourning. Parish hits the
short jumper. 3 sec violation on Cha. Bos misses on two
attempts. Mourning is fouled under the basket. 1 of 2. 68-46
Cha 8:17. A nice dish to a driving Douglas for 2. Cha looses
the ball out of bounds. An offensive foul on Fox. Gill sees a
hole, drives, and scores. Gamble drains an outside shot. Parish
takes the short jumper over Mourning. 52-70 Cha 6:16. L Johnson
is fouled in the paint. 2 of 2. The teams trade misses. Parish
doesn't control the rebound and L Johnson jams. 52-74 Cha 5:20.
Good D by Newman, but McDaniel gets the lucky bounce. L Johnson
0 of 2. Gamble forces, but scores. Newman gets 2. Cha has a
running game and strong D. McDaniel shoots over Mourning.
Bogues gets the layup. L Johnson 2 of 2 at the line. 58-80 Cha
2:22. Fox nails the 3. Gill has a strong move from the baseline
for 2. Brown gets the 3. Gill sees a hole on the baseline and
scores. McHale gets 2, L Johnson gets 2, and McHale gets 2 more
in the paint. Cha gets 2 - this is happening faster than I can
keep up - Gamble gets a 3. End of quarter. 71-88 Cha.
4th Quarter:
(I'll probably keep the details coming as I'm really enjoying
this fast pace game.) Bos starts with a 24 sec violation.
Gattison hits the free throw jumper. Bos misses. L Johnson gets
2 in the paint. McHale gets 2 of his own in the paint and is
fouled. L Johnson is fouled. Don't know what he made as I was
getting a band-aid for my sore finger. Curry gets 2 more. Brown
gets the jumper 76-95 Cha 9:32. L Johnson jams. Bos turnover.
Curry gets a jumper. Gamble drives and misses. McHale and
Parish go out of the game for rest. L Johnson hits the fall
away. Klein hits a jumper. L Johnson gets the lucky bounce.
Wow - Bogues breaks, spins, breaks, passes, and Curry slams. 78-
105 Cha 7:05. L Johnson monster hugs Bogues during the timeout.
L Johnson lays it in. Bos is missing a lot of shots. Curry
double pumps for 2. Bos misses again. A T on Klein for pushing
Mourning - who just laughs it off. Bogues misses the freebie.
All the scrubs are in. Gamble cans the outside 2. 109-81 Cha
3:19. Geez - the crowd is still there and doesn't look like they
are planning on leaving anytime soon. Points and possessions
later the blow out ends. And the crowd is still there - is there
some sort of celebration planned? The crowd is singing _clearly_
and in unison. Wow.
Final: Boston Celtics 89, Charlotte Hornets 119.
patricia